Nullification and Secession in Modern Constitutional Thought

Introduction : Zombie (or Dinosaur) constitutionalism? The revival of nullification and secession -- The 21st century rediscovery of nullification and secession in American political rhetoric : frivolousness incarnate, or serious arguments to be wrestled with? / Sanford Levinson -- How to maintain a constitution : the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions and James Madison's struggle with the problem of constitutional maintenance / Jonathan Gienapp -- Living, dead, and undead : nullification past and present / James H. Read and Neal Allen -- Marijuana, nullification, and the checks and balances model of federalism / Ernest A. Young -- Almost legal : disobedience and partial nullification in American constitutional politics and law / Mark A. Graber -- To kill and die for the constitution : nullification and insurrectionary violence / Jared A. Goldstein -- Political facts, legal fictions / Mark R. Killenbeck -- Nullification : three comparative notes / Ran Hirschl -- Continuity in secession : the case of the Confederate Constitution / Alison L. LaCroix -- The logic and design of a low-commitment constitution (or, how to stop worrying about the right to secede) / Zachary Elkins -- Secession, transnational precedents, and constitutional silences / Vicki C. Jackson -- Secession as a problem in negotiation / Mark Tushnet